Is Ruby, Daring Tracker good in Commander?

Ruby, Daring Tracker

Legendary Creature — Human Scout

Haste (This creature can attack and as soon as it comes under your control.)
Whenever Ruby attacks while you control a creature with power 4 or greater, Ruby gets +2/+2 until end of turn.
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CMC: 2
Mana cost
Color identity: GR
Rarity: uncommon
Set: Foundations
Price: $0.28
EDHREC rank: #2176

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Ruby, Daring Tracker puts a haste-granting, Treasure-generating threat on the board for three mana — that's a lot of text for a card that sits at bulk price. She slots cleanly into Bard Class shells and becomes genuinely dangerous under Raggadragga, Goreguts Boss, where her mana-ability trigger makes her a 4/4 or larger on attack.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

Raggadragga, Goreguts Boss

66.7% of decks · synergy 0.56

Ruby, Daring Tracker's Treasure-making tap ability qualifies her as a mana-ability creature, so Raggadragga, Goreguts Boss pumps her and demands she be blocked — turning a three-drop into a recurring threat that also funds your mana base.

Ognis, the Dragon's Lash

46.3% of decks · synergy 0.44

Ruby, Daring Tracker has haste built in, which is exactly what Ognis, the Dragon's Lash wants — she attacks the turn she lands and immediately converts that into a Treasure on top of whatever Ognis produces.

Wulfgar of Icewind Dale

53.8% of decks · synergy 0.43

Ruby, Daring Tracker's attack trigger creates a Treasure, and Wulfgar of Icewind Dale doubles it — two Treasures per swing off a three-drop is the kind of incidental value that lets Gruul decks overpower the table on mana alone.

Anzrag, the Quake-Mole

46.1% of decks · synergy 0.35

Anzrag, the Quake-Mole wants as many creatures attacking as possible, and Ruby, Daring Tracker's haste means she contributes the turn she arrives — the Treasure she generates helps pay for the additional attackers Anzrag keeps demanding.

Ruric Thar, the Unbowed

39.2% of decks · synergy 0.28

Ruric Thar, the Unbowed decks run lean on spells and need every creature to pull weight; Ruby, Daring Tracker generates mana, grants haste to the team, and never asks you to cast a noncreature spell to activate her.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

Format	Verdict
commander	legal
legacy	legal
modern	legal
pioneer	legal
standard	legal
vintage	legal
pauper	not legal
oathbreaker	legal

Ruby, Daring Tracker is a Commander card through and through — the combination of haste-granting, Treasure production, and creature synergy only scales to meaningful in a 40-life multiplayer game where the extra mana and combat pressure compound over several turns. In competitive 60-card formats like Modern and Pioneer she's simply outclassed: three mana for a 2/2 with a tap ability doesn't clear the bar when those formats demand immediate board impact or card efficiency. Standard legality gives her a home if aggressive Gruul creature strategies need another payoff, but she's unlikely to see serious constructed play there either. Commander is where Ruby, Daring Tracker earns her slot, specifically in the combat-centric Gruul decks that want haste enablers and incidental ramp stapled together on one card.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

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